Bible Verse of the Day Sunday September 18th, 2022

 2 Corinthians 13:14 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

The Apostle Paul’s desire was for all God’s children to receive the most marvelous blessing imaginable. To be blessed with the beautiful and amazing grace of Christ Jesus is much more than we deserve and more than any earthly measurement can determine. As if that were not enough, Paul wants us to experience the Greatest love known to humankind, the Love of God. By the time God bestows upon us these two blessings, we might feel that there is no room for anything else. However, Paul also wants us to fellowship with the Holy Spirit daily. Charles Hodge (December 27th, 1797- June 18th, 1878) was the principal of Princeton Theological Seminary from 1851 until his death in 1878) He once said: “A genuine Christian pursues and enjoys the grace of the Lord Jesus, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit.”

This blessing from Paul to all who read this letter was that all believers and followers of Christ Jesus would live in an atmosphere of God’s grace. Gratefulness for God’s grace dispels self-confidence and positions one’s faith in the hands of our Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus. Furthermore, gratitude for the great love of God will be the driving force in the lives of all who surrender themselves to Christ Jesus. Finally, thankfulness for His love and grace will remove any jealousy and strife that Satan might send us. Paul’s longing was that the Spirit of God among those saved by His grace might unite their lives into fellowship with one another.

When one chooses to live by faith per the Grace of God, all self-interest and self-audaciousness will disappear from their life. Negative and evil characteristics like pride, discord, conflict, and resentfulness are restrained in the life of one that follows Christ Jesus. But, of course, this could not be without the indwelling of the Holy Spirit of God, leading, guiding, and directing our every step.

When we fellowship with the Holy Spirit, we will have the grace of Christ Jesus and the Love of God, which works both ways because all three are indivisible. When the Body of Christ, represented in any local church, understands this, lives accordingly, and gets their lives right with God, there will be an indescribable revival of a magnitude unknown to humanity.

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